Shi‘i religious thinkers and the issue of Apostasy

‘Apostasy’ is one of the controversial issues in the Muslim world. According to Islamic teachings, an apostate must be killed. This article is to assess the status of killing fatwas among contemporary Islamic thinkers in general and two Shi‘i religious thinkers in particular. Mohsen Kadivar and Fazi...

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Autores: Nuei, G. R., Shah, Faisal Ahmad
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Malala
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/107841
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.usp.br/malala/article/view/107841
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Apostasy
Fatwa
Ijtihad
Ijma‘
Sab al-Nabi
Fazil Lankarani
Mohsen Kadivar
Rafiq Tağı.
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Sumario:‘Apostasy’ is one of the controversial issues in the Muslim world. According to Islamic teachings, an apostate must be killed. This article is to assess the status of killing fatwas among contemporary Islamic thinkers in general and two Shi‘i religious thinkers in particular. Mohsen Kadivar and Fazil Lankarani have presented differing ideas dealing with the killing of an Azerbaijani journalist, Rafiq Tağı, who was accused of apostasy.